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Cromwell —Nevis and the Kaiwarau Gorge 15 12 5 II )» X )) )> 11 12 13 14 15 1(5 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24-33 34 35 36 ii „ Brown's Flat 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 0 15 0 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 0 10 0 2 15 0 10 0 3 15 6 3 15 6 3 15 G 3 15 6 3 15 G 3 15 6 ;) 15 G 2 16 8 1 17 9 3 15 6 3 15 6 3 15 6 3 15 6 37 15 0 3 15 6 10 7 8 3 15 6 95G0 alloy silver 318 Obtained by sinking, banks of the Clutha River. Obtained by sluicing, Brown's Flat, Kawarau River. ,, „ the Ten-mile Creek. „ „ Dicky's Flat, Bannockburn. j) j> III. „ Gentle Annie „ Lowburn „ Banuockburn Alexandra Roxburgh Naseby —Spec. Gully „ Surface Hill ,, Keyburn ... St. Bathan's Palmerston Lawrence 9560 alloy silver 318 jj » „ ,, Creek and Terrace workings IV. V. VI. 9li35 alloy silver 9530 „ „ 2-47 264 River workings. 9800 alloy silver 314 Obtained by sluicing. )! )) VII. III. IX. 95G5 alloy silver 3-8's » )» See descriptions on bottles. 9GG5 alloy silver 3-36 Large nuggets. From the stamper boxes of the Otago Gold-mining Company. Obtained from cement. Ordinary yield of the district. Obtained from auriferous cement sluicing claim. Nuggetty Hill. Obtained from auriferous drift under 6ft. of clay, in a large flat, Waikaka Diggings. Ordinary yield of the district. „ „ Maraewhenua Goldfield. j, ,i X. 37 38 39 WaitahuoA 10 0 10 0 10 0 3 15 G y 15 G 3 15 G 9G85 alloy silver 9810 alloy silver 3-75 3-40 ,, ... ... Tapanui ... XII. XIII. 40 41 Tokomairiro Oamaru ... 10 0 10 0 3 15 6 3,15 9 9580 „ 9755 „ „ 415 399 Queenstown —Skippers 51 0 18 £192 14 11 Auriferous quartz, from the Phoenix Claim, Skippers. "Width of lode 8ft. ; sample taken from a depth of 240ft. The battery used for crashing is one of thirty stampers, driven by a turbine wheel. Proprietors, Messrs. F. and Q-. T. Bullen ; Manager, Mr. F. Evans. A first crushing of forty tons of this stone yielded 239ozs. gold. Auriferous quartz from the Nugget and Cornish Quartz Mining Company. "Width of lode, from 12 to 18ft.; sample taken from a depth of 80 ft. The mine is worked by adits running into the hill, and back stopped. Machine for crushing consists of sixty-two head of stampers, the motive power being a turbine wheel (Whitelow and Kerrat'a patent.) Manager, Mr. T. Roskange. I. ,, ... 1.